The league better be taking notice of the New York Mets, as the team does not only feature one of the best rotations in baseball, but an offense and a bench that could be putting up some good numbers, or at least better than the numbers before. If new acquisitions Yoenis Cespedes, Kelly Johnson and [...]
“Team to beat” brings up some unfortunate memories, both old and new, for Mets fans. Anyone who doesn’t remember Jimmy Rollins’ declaration in 2007 about the Philadelphia Phillies being the team to beat in the National League East, probably didn’t suffer from 2006’s conclusion. Rollins’ exclamation started a war of words between he and Carlos [...]
It was a tight contest on Saturday night. Jacob deGrom was in trouble early and often, but after giving up two runs in the first inning, he settled down and put up zeros for five more innings. He went back out for the sixth even though his pitch count was 101. I think that shows [...]
The Mets bullpen didn't appear to be a weakness heading into the season. In fact, it seemed that it may have been an actual strength. Then all of the misfortune came washing down. Josh Edgin was lost to Tommy John surgery. Vic Black and Bobby Parnell hit the disabled list. Jenrry Mejia was slapped with [...]
I realize that the trendy thing to do is write about the big Yoenis Cespedes swap the Mets made on Friday but I thought I’d reflect on the almost-Gomez trade that didn’t happen on Wednesday. Some people are more into conspiracy theories than others. I am kind of into that stuff. A good conspiracy theory [...]
What a game this turned out to be. Matt Harvey looked like a man on a mission tonight, as he went 7.2 innings, struck out 9 and allowed one run. He allowed his first hit in the sixth inning, and looked in complete control through his start. With two outs in the eighth inning, the [...]
The Mets pulled off a trade for an impact bat, getting Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers for minor league pitchers Luis Cessa and Michael Fulmer. According to MetsBlog, the Mets will be responsible for between $4 and $5 million for the rest of Cespedes' contract. Detroit is sending no money along and Cespedes is a [...]
With the Mets being once again linked to Jay Bruce, let's take a trip down memory lane to this time last year.
As of this writing, Mets players, fans and media were reeling from one of the most bizarre and tumultuous weeks in the history of the franchise. Two modest trades and one big one that fell through amid drama and mystery, an inexplicable second PED suspension for Jenry Mejia, a three-homer game for Lucas Duda, another [...]
Things had been looking so good of late. Sandy Alderson had finally responded to what had become patently obvious to the more observant quadrants of Mets fandom. Even the densest of us could see that an offensive upgrade was needed, but to the more nuanced eye, even an incremental improvement would make a pretty substantial [...]